Chapel Hill, NC—The Board of Directors of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) recently selected its 2026-2027 Officers and elected two new Director-Elects and a new Public Director.
Gregory P. Guyton, MD, Director of the Foot and Ankle Division in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, MD, will serve as ABOS President. Dr. Guyton, along with the President-Elect, Vice President, and Vice President-Elect, hold their offices for a one-year term.
Gregory P. McComis, MD, an Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at Community Hospital and St. Mary Medical Center in Indiana will serve as ABOS Vice President.
Martin I. Boyer, MD, the Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, will serve as ABOS President-Elect.
Kyle J. Jeray, MD, Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Prisma Health-Upstate, will serve as ABOS Vice President-Elect.
Jennifer Moriatis Wolf, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Vice President of the Faculty Practice Plan at the University of Chicago, has been elected as ABOS Treasurer for a one-year term.
“Representing several subspecialties and both private practice and academic medicine, these officers are exceptionally well prepared to lead the ABOS in the coming year,” said David F. Martin, MD, ABOS Executive Director. “Each is actively engaged in the practice of orthopaedic surgery and their subspecialty and all are deeply committed to the ABOS mission of protecting the public.”
The Board elected Melvyn Harrington, Jr., MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, and C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco as new Director-Elects of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
“The Board selected two exceptional orthopaedic surgeons from a highly qualified group of nominees,” said Martin. “Dr. Harrington and Dr. Ma bring extensive experience and expertise that will serve the ABOS, the profession, and the public well.”
Finally, the Board elected Ruth Ann Dorrill, a nationally recognized federal health policy executive, as its new Public Member Director. “The Public Member Director plays an important role on the ABOS Board of Directors,” said Martin. “Ms. Dorrill’s background in the Office of Inspector General for the US Department of Health and Human Services will play a vital role in the Board’s mission of protecting the public.”
The ABOS Board of Directors consists of 21 members, which includes 12 Active Directors, six Senior Directors, two Directors-Elect, and one Public Member Director. ABOS Board Members serve one 10-year term while the Public Member Director serves a three-year renewable term. Nominations to the ABOS Board of Directors come from the American Orthopaedic Association, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the American Medical Association. Officers are current Board members elected by other Board members. For a full list of ABOS Board Members, go to www.abos.org/about/board-of-directors/.
The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inc. was founded in 1934 as a private, voluntary, nonprofit, independent organization to serve the best interests of the public and the medical profession. These interests are achieved through the ABOS by establishing standards for the education of orthopaedic surgeons. These standards are evaluated by the ABOS through examinations and practice evaluations. More information can be found at www.abos.org.
